The WildStar website
announces that Head Start access is now underway for those who have preordered
Carbine's MMORPG. They are still offering preorders for those interested in
participating, and the science fiction romp will launch officially on Tuesday. Here's the
recently released preorder
trailer.

.Drifter wrote on Jun 3, 2014, 03:51:Launch has been one of the rougher ones I've seen.DDoS attach at launch?Check!Issues logging in for hours after headstart began (Due to DDoS and other reasons)?Check!Issues claiming items for playing the beta/preordering (at least at first)?Check!Characters showing in their underwear on the login screen after you swap out the first set of armor?Check!Servers down for hours tonight after maintenance because "something is going on"?Check!All in all, the game interests me, but getting a little annoyed.

I presume this is your first mmo launch?They actually handled everything very efficiently.Constant updates and information on what's going on.They opened 7 new servers within 12 hours of launching... they clearly underestimated how popular their game was... which is a good sign.

Look at AoC launch or ESO or SWTOR... Wildstar's has been epic compared to those clusterfucks.

Well, you presume wrong. Been playing MMO's for going on 15+ years.If I might inquire, what, pray tell, in my comment would lead you to presume this was my first MMO?It is but a statement of my own opinion based on personal experience with other MMO's. Never stated others had better or worse launches, in fact I didn't compare it to any other MMO launch at all.That being said, I usually don't get only to play until 11pm central or after most nights, due to work, so possibly that's why I don't seem to have had as many launch issues with games as most seem to, and given the time I have to play, Wildstar has been one of the rougher launches. Roughest? Not by far, just rougher.

Still absolutely loving every single bit out of ESO. I'd almost say that ESO is for the adults and this WoW clone for the kids, and that's alright. ESO is the first MMO that truly values immersion and a rather laid-back type gaming like the rest of the Elders, while this WoW clone values... powerleveling.Almost.

This or that, I've left the days of WoW ergo its clones behind me. If you share those values, however, enjoy!

.Drifter wrote on Jun 3, 2014, 03:51:Launch has been one of the rougher ones I've seen.DDoS attach at launch?Check!Issues logging in for hours after headstart began (Due to DDoS and other reasons)?Check!Issues claiming items for playing the beta/preordering (at least at first)?Check!Characters showing in their underwear on the login screen after you swap out the first set of armor?Check!Servers down for hours tonight after maintenance because "something is going on"?Check!All in all, the game interests me, but getting a little annoyed.

I presume this is your first mmo launch?They actually handled everything very efficiently.Constant updates and information on what's going on.They opened 7 new servers within 12 hours of launching... they clearly underestimated how popular their game was... which is a good sign.

Look at AoC launch or ESO or SWTOR... Wildstar's has been epic compared to those clusterfucks.

Launch has been one of the rougher ones I've seen.DDoS attach at launch?Check!Issues logging in for hours after headstart began (Due to DDoS and other reasons)?Check!Issues claiming items for playing the beta/preordering (at least at first)?Check!Characters showing in their underwear on the login screen after you swap out the first set of armor?Check!Servers down for hours tonight after maintenance because "something is going on"?Check!All in all, the game interests me, but getting a little annoyed.

Fantaz wrote on Jun 2, 2014, 23:20:not sure what sempei wrote but Blue just posts news, afaik he doesn't hold any bias towards one game or another.

It's always the same two or three things that get posts deleted. You posted spam, or you directly attacked another poster. Or maybe it's the ethnic slurs and homophobia one, I don't know. I never know what to think when people with hundreds or thousands of posts attack another poster and then start abloo ablooing about echo chambers or whatever. It's like watching people fail INT checks in real life.

Sempai wrote on Jun 2, 2014, 16:42:Hey, It's all good! You keep on supporting the cunts on your site Blue!

Sincerely Fuck you.

Tyrant. Like we aren't allowed to have our own opinions. Look at yourself first, improve and then come back. I didn't get to read your removed comments, but if what I write hurts, too bad. I'm a critic and I don't give any game/genre a free pass.

We very well could be jaded gamers, the industry was somewhat like this prior to FPS/Mouselook. We get bored with the same ole. Quality VR can't get here fast enough.

Everybody cares? Which is why this like countless products before it will fail in short order?

Yeah, that's why Blizzard has made an entire career doing this very thing. Nothing new, and doing it well.

Maybe you should consider getting off your lawn chair, and taking the red pill and wake up. Or have you become so old and jaded, you just prefer to bitch about everything video games, and not enjoy one of them?

Yeah! That's why there are so many successful MMOs out there using the WoW formula...oh wait!

Everybody cares? Which is why this like countless products before it will fail in short order?

Yeah, that's why Blizzard has made an entire career doing this very thing. Nothing new, and doing it well.

Maybe you should consider getting off your lawn chair, and taking the red pill and wake up. Or have you become so old and jaded, you just prefer to bitch about everything video games, and not enjoy one of them?

I bitch extra loud at MMO's doing the same thing over and over. There is literally 1000 MMO's, most end up being way way too similar and grinding pastures sucks ass to me anymore. At least things like EQ Next and a few others are working toward building and creating user communities.

Hell I don't feel bad about it, going to MMO centric web sites, that is the main plea from the overall user base. Now are there exceptions? Certainly. Still many thousands love MMO's, but a lot I think it is fair to say have been turned off by the lack of anything different happening.

Everybody cares? Which is why this like countless products before it will fail in short order?

Yeah, that's why Blizzard has made an entire career doing this very thing. Nothing new, and doing it well.

Maybe you should consider getting off your lawn chair, and taking the red pill and wake up. Or have you become so old and jaded, you just prefer to bitch about everything video games, and not enjoy one of them?

Sempai wrote on Jun 2, 2014, 07:40:Now that it's out of beta, i'm quite enjoying it. And Carbine appear to be doing a wonderful job communicating, and stomping out early access issues.

Does it do anything new? No. Who cares? Is it fun? Sure.

runs at 60fps w/all eye candy up, looks great,

I’m sure it runs very well at 60 frames. Why shouldn’t it, its running on older tech. These guys are using the same tech they build WOW with over 10 years ago. So it damn well better run at a high frame rate.

Just because they're using a similar art-style doesn't mean it's the "same tech". Here's an ignorant cookie for not know what the fck you're talking about.

Sempai wrote on Jun 2, 2014, 07:40:Now that it's out of beta, i'm quite enjoying it. And Carbine appear to be doing a wonderful job communicating, and stomping out early access issues.

Does it do anything new? No. Who cares? Is it fun? Sure.

runs at 60fps w/all eye candy up, looks great,

I’m sure it runs very well at 60 frames. Why shouldn’t it, its running on older tech. These guys are using the same tech they build WOW with over 10 years ago. So it damn well better run at a high frame rate.